modern farmhouse with new traditional interior - window colour?
Question: white or black windows?
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jck910
6 years agoRelated Discussions
White or Black Windows for Modern Farmhouse Style
Comments (39)@BT Great question and not to hijack this thread but since you asked: The hip roof has long span trusses and girders. My entire design was a slight overkill since we are also in a siesmic region. I wanted vast open span living and garage spaces with no posts or visible supports. Even though I subsequently enlisted a top local engineering company for their final design and stamp, I upgraded foundation and roofing members. The same design went into our 55' long and deep garages, creating a sense of open and free space. The foundation was another piece of engineering where I chose a post and pier foundation in the 5' high crawl space, and boy is it solid; it contributes to an extremely solid floor, on slab like foundation feel in the entire home....See MoreNew modern farmhouse going up on a Ranch in South Dakota
Comments (22)We are farmers in IL and built our home a year ago. We also make almost every single meal. We put in soapstone in November and I absolutely love it. My definition of upkeep must be different. Oiling it as needed, which I haven't done for at least 2 weeks maybe 3 now, is nothing more than wiping on the oil and wiping it back off. We are definitely not careful with it. If you have cattle and you're calving in South Dakota I hope it is going better than it sounds. Even with the weather I'd move to South Dakota in a heartbeat if I could. I'm afraid my spoiled IL cows would not handle South Dakota though. Good luck on your new home!...See MoreHelp! Traditional Farmhouse, wall tile 4x4 white: Staggered vs Stacked
Comments (24)I like those last 4 x 4s on the floor, Beth. But they are not the pure white glazed tiles, they have some variation in color and shading. And they are not paired with identical wall tiles. I don't think that using the same 4 x 4s on both will work well. It will look like the homeowner found a sale and either bought too many or could not find the funds or the imagination to do a different floor. Organic Cook, how about using a large format hex tile on the floor, like the ones in the green and black bath and the white baths just above? It has a nod toward the vintage, by going hex on the floor, with a foot in the modern by not doing mosaic tile. They come in 8 inch size (maybe larger), so will decrease the number of grout lines in comparison with the vintage mosaics. You could look at a nice tile with some variegation, like the 4 x 4 floor above has. You could look for a color that is related to whatever the floor color is in the hall, so that the floor color flows between the rooms. If the hall has a wood floor, look for a tile that has about the same amount of color as the two tiles in the last bathroom in Beth's post above mine. Not a wood-look tile, but a glazed or color-body tile that has tones that tie into the hall flooring. Another idea would be to go back to your original choice of gray and white. Here are two 10" hex tiles from Tile Bar that would look good with white wall tiles.This one is a cement-look porcelain at $6. I love the variegation in color. Link This one looks like it may be beige, which would go with some wood floors. This one is at Home Depot and is more expensive. $15.95/sq ft. If you go to this link, there is a video that shows it grouted with both white and dark charcoal or black. Wayfair has this Carrara-look hex on sale. They show it with dark grout, too. $7.51 sq ft. I can't get an image saved to my computer, so I can't post it....See MoreStay traditional colonial or modern farmhouse?
Comments (9)You're desperately trying to turn your house into a "modern farmhouse", hence the other post about the black windows. Do you live in a rural area on a farm, like Joanna Gaines? Too much HGTV - you have a lovely colonial - keep it that way. You'll thank me in 5 years when MF is done and HGTV has moved on to something else they created to keep their revenue stream from drying up....See More
PROVirgil Carter Fine Art
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greenfish1234
6 years agoI have a white "mod farmhouse/neocolonial". Windows are white and I like that. The black adds more modern to the modern farmhouse. I like it, but way way way more important is the quality of the windows. You are building a big fancy house. Don't cheap out and get vinyl windows with fake flat muntins. My windows were one of the hardest decisions I made and I have never regretted them. I look out them every day, and they bring me such pleasure. From the exterior there is a profile that they add that makes the house significantly nicer. I also think black roof is a bit too stark-we have charcoal with a zinc roof over window bay. Also consider red with green windows for a different more farm-looking farmhouse :)
Sorry looking for better pics:
What I said about windows goes for garage doors too
Ok so this is the only photo I could find of my favorite red/green house but believe me, it is beautiful!!
richfield95
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoDenise
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pink_peony
6 years agoDenise
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shead
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6 years agoOh- and muntins are the cross-cross thingies. Your architect will tell you and you can observe-every bit of projection from your home creates shadow, depth, contrast. That is why a builders grade colonial looks off compared to a simple antique colonial. The antique probably has siding with a smaller lap, if there are shutters they are real and angled, and the windows, the "eyes" of the house have depth and character. All subtle differences that add up to huge impact.
millworkman
6 years agoDenise
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6 years agoPella or Marvin architect series
it is a trading game for anyone. You already learned that with your gables (good choice IMO-too many gables is mcmansiony). I chose certain high quality materials over square footage. 2900 sf was more than enough for my family of 5, and I didn't want to heat and maintain huge spaces that I rarely use (I don't have any need for a bedroom suite, for instance: I would never use my bedroom for sitting on a sofa or whatever people do in their 800 sf bedrooms) but that is just me. Another thing that baffles me is the 3 car garage with cheap doors. I'd rather have a smaller garage with wood doors. But everyone has different needs and priorities. Take some of these things in to consideration as you drive around and browse Houzz. Look closely to see differences between houses that you love and houses that look similar but don't have that special something.
I thought I posted this last night but I don't see it here. Another thing you never thought you cared about but makes all the difference: eave returns!!
http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2013/12/13/eave-returns-interpreting-gyhr-details/
greenfish1234
6 years ago
PROBeverlyFLADeziner
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoChange the grid (mullion) to 2 over 2. Instead of black, I would consider a dark charcoal or as an alternative, a gray like you see in the first picture. It's a more modern look.
greenfish1234
6 years agoHad to LMAO at the description of a "grill" I found on an architectural site describing the difference between a muntin (small bars separating panes) and a mullion (bar that divides widow units):
Lori Wagerman_Walker